Mar 12, 2010
I’ve been obsessed with Walter de Maria lately. So, being the MAJOR nerd that I am, I made this iPhone background using text from one of his pieces. If you want to, you can use it too. The text is from de Maria’s piece Art by Telephone: In 1968, Walter de Maria had an operational telephone placed on the floor of the exhibition room in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Nothing could be placed within several feet of the telephone or its cord except for a sign next to the phone which read, “If this telephone rings, you may answer it. Walter de Maria is on the line and would like to talk to you.” Only de Maria, who would call at random from New York, had the number. Sources: colophon, 1904, Out of the Box

I’ve been obsessed with Walter de Maria lately. So, being the MAJOR nerd that I am, I made this iPhone background using text from one of his pieces. If you want to, you can use it too.

The text is from de Maria’s piece Art by Telephone:

In 1968, Walter de Maria had an operational telephone placed on the floor of the exhibition room in the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Nothing could be placed within several feet of the telephone or its cord except for a sign next to the phone which read, “If this telephone rings, you may answer it. Walter de Maria is on the line and would like to talk to you.” Only de Maria, who would call at random from New York, had the number.

Sources: colophon, 1904, Out of the Box

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